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Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier is the sixth installment in the, developed by and published. It was released in November 2009 for the. It is the first and only title featuring both and as playable characters not developed. The Lost Frontier is the least critically acclaimed title in the series, with a 74 average on, with Sam Thompson of Naughty Dog retroactively saying they 'would have done things differently' and that he is 'not happy with it being Jak's swan song.' The game follows Jak, Daxter and during a period when the world's supply is running low. In order to search for the cause, they travel to what is known as the, the edge of the world which the did not finish when building it. The three run into a group known as the which appear to be fighting to take the eco all for themselves, and the people of Brink-city known as, as they search to fix the supply of eco.Gameplay in The Lost Frontier is a return to the format seen in titles such as.

It features the series' traditional mix of platforming and brawler elements into its action adventure format, with the containing many of Jak's weapons (similar to the in previous games). As the eco of the world is unstable, Jak can no longer transform into his form at will, though Daxter is occasionally able to take on a more powerful form. In addition to weapons, Jak is able to use various to traverse areas and solve puzzles. New to the series, a core element of the game is flight, in which the duo can pilot many customizable and upgradable. In addition, The Lost Frontier features currencies, in the form of and to unlock and upgrade and respectively. Contents Gameplay OverviewJak in combat with a voltaic eel.The Lost Frontier is a third person three-dimensional platformer, in which the player controls Jak, an athletically-built. Jak is capable of platforming, brawling with a potentially enhanced by, combat with his, and channelling to traverse the environment (though he is not capable of using his or form).

Throughout much of the game, Jak also pilots, which can be customized with weapons and modifications, purchasable with, and are a major gameplay element, featuring in several missions. Occasionally, the player may control Daxter in his form, who has access to powerful moves, but lacks Daxter's agility.Unlike many previous entries, The Lost Frontier is not an open world. Several locations have areas in which the player can fly planes or land to move around, but they can only fly to completely new locations by flying with the. The Phantom Blade serves as the hub for the player, from which they can purchase upgrades to planes with scrap, as well as upgrades to eco powers and new eco skills with.are completed in a set progression.

Scrap required to upgrade planes can be found by destroying other planes, completing or by during flight. Dark eco can be acquired by defeating enemies on land. Used to purchase secrets are common, and can be.CombatThe Lost Frontier retains the core moveset elements, such as the gliding punch and round spin kick. Jak is not capable of rolling, rolljump, ducking, and high jumping. He is also unable to transform into Light Jak and Dark Jak, because of the eco shortage.

Jak has the ability to collect armor from blue treasure chests, giving him additional hit points similarly to Jak 3.

It has that magical feeling that not all games can possess and it's just flat out a joy to play. One of the few games that I can't help but smile and have fun when I'm playing. A true 3D platform/adventure masterpiece. David Zdyrko IGN, 9.4 out of 10Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the first installment in the, developed by and published.

It was initially released in December 2001 for the console. In February 2012 and June 2013 it was released for the and respectively, as part of a of the original series, accompanied by its sequels,. Official emulation support for the game on was added in August 2017, and was made available as part of a bundle with Jak II, Jak 3 and on December 6.The game follows titular protagonists and around ten years after Jak and 's arrival into after the conclusion of. It centers upon their mission to stop the legions of from destroying the world with. After Daxter falls into a at the forbidden, he is transformed from to and discovers that he must find the dark eco sage, if he has any hope of returning to his previous form. Daxter ultimately has to decide whether to use the elusive to save the world or change himself back.The game features many platformer challenges with elements from the action adventure and brawler genres.

Players are required to collect and in order to further northward progress. During the quest, new locations are visited, centered upon village hubs, with many new faces requesting of the duo the completion of various missions around the area. Contents Gameplay OverviewJak in the Forbidden Jungle.Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is an, centering upon, a 5'6' athletically-built villager, with the ability to perform such as a sliding punch ( ), spin kick ( ), aerial uppercut ( + ), and jumping dive ( + ).

The player traverses the game's world using Jak by running, jumping ( ), rolling ( ), leaping from a rolling position ( + ), and swimming. The surroundings that the player encounters largely vary, though the main hub locations take the form of villages. The game starts in, with neighboring areas including,.

From the start of the game, the player can freely roam the locations as they wish, though some parts are only accessible after unlocking them (for example, Misty Island when Jak accomplishes a mission for the, allowing him to use the Fisherman's ). As the game progresses, new hub locations are unlocked such as and, with surrounding places such as, and other differing habitats, including open waters (however most waters are guarded by which act as a boundary defense, keeping players from exploring too far out in the world).The game requires the player to collect items to unlock new hubs. The player starts off by collecting which can be found scattered around the world both in hidden and open locations. Villagers and will then trade a in exchange for a given amount of Precursor orbs (either 90 or 120).

In turn, the power cells are then used to power devices that builds or repairs, which are then used to travel further north. Additionally, the player can free locked up, the seventh of which releases a power cell.

There are seven scout flies in each area for the player to free and collect. Power cells can also be found lying in wait to be collected in the environment, though this is rarer, especially as the game progresses.The game showcases a seamless and open environment with crisp 3D visuals, highly interactive enemies, and gameplay mechanics for the PlayStation 2 layout which optimizes usability and continuity, such as the lack of loading screens which allows for the continuation from area to area without having to stop. The game is split up into three separate hub locations, each area differing in features and atmosphere. The protagonist reacts to his world in different ways respective to the environment layout—e.g. When in shallow pools of water, he moves slowly while waddling side-to-side; after falling from a high ledge he will 'splat' on the ground and lose a; and when encountered, he will burn in lava, swim in deeper waters, and while on varying altitudes walk slower or faster according to the pitch of the platform.EcoA.Hit-point indicator.There are four types of that Jak can use throughout the game as power-ups, allowing him to regenerate, run faster, activate dormant, break boxes, punch and kick with more effect, and shoot fire-like projectiles from his hands.

The player can pick up small clusters of these ecos, allowing its use for five seconds per cluster. The player can also pass through, allowing much longer usage for a maximum of twenty seconds. Both amounts are indicated by a gauge; when a cluster is picked up, only a quarter of the gauge fills, whereas when powered up by an eco vent, the gauge becomes full. Absorbing one type of eco color while previously channeling a different type will replace it with the recently collected eco. The four ecos are, and, which heals, invokes kinetic energy, enforces physical power, and shoots from long-range, respectively. There is also, which acts as a hazard throughout the game: can be encountered in locations, and if Jak touches them, the following explosion will cause him to lose one of his three hit points (indicated by a heart split up into three sections).

Dark eco pools are encountered as well, and if Jak were to fall into one, he would lose all of his hit points. Additionally, towards the end of the game, is discovered, and while the player never uses it, Jak grabbed it and threw a stream of it at the Precursor robot during a cutscene. Vaporum the riddle of steel. TransportationDue to the game running on the, it heavily incorporates racing elements.

Jak can use Keira's, a hoverbike-like vehicle, to travel over normally inaccessible areas. For example, it can travel over water, or lava only in credit to its. Like Jak, the zoomer is capable of picking up blue eco, green eco, and yellow eco, allowing it to fly faster, repair damage and heal plants, and shoot bolts of yellow eco, respectively.Another usable vehicle is an animal mount known as the. It is capable of running considerably fast, gliding over large gaps, jumping to high ledges, and has a single charging attack, powerful enough to break.Synopsis SettingJak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is set on a fictional unnamed planet in the far past, occupied by villages and small settlements, populated with diverse natural environments and ruins from an ancient civilization known as the which were said to have built the planet long ago. The first and primary hub location is Sandover Village, home of the two protagonists, Jak, a 15-year-old mute, and his best friend Daxter, a 15-year-old fellow villager who is transformed into an in the beginning of the game.

The planet runs and relies on a life source known as eco, created and used by the Precursors. The two protagonists are watched over by Samos, the sage of green eco and father of Keira. Are the primary enemies of the game, commanded by the antagonists Gol and Maia Acheron, who have been corrupted by the effects of long-term exposure to dark eco.

Villagers and inhabitants of the planet are highly xenophobic towards lurkers, viewing them as monsters. The primary currency in the game is Precursor orbs, old artifacts left behind by the Precursors.Plot. See also:Jak in the during the opening cutscene.The opening sequence of the game features Jak and Daxter in a speedboat headed for, an area prohibited by their watch over Samos. Upon arriving to the island, Daxter had second thoughts about straying from the village. The two perch on a large skeleton to observe a legion of lurkers crowded around two dark figures, Gol and Maia, who were commanding the lurkers to 'deal harshly with anyone who strays from the village,' and to search for any precursor artifacts and eco near Sandover Village. After the secret observation, Jak and Daxter continue searching the island. Daxter trips on a which he tosses to Jak after expressing his dislike for the item, and as Jak caught the object it lit up.

Shortly afterwards a suddenly confronted the two, where Jak threw the dark eco canister at the lurker, killing it, but inadvertently knocked Daxter into a dark eco silo behind him. When Daxter reemerged, he was in the form of an, and upon realizing the transformation he began to panic.The duo returned to the next morning to ask for help. Samos revealed that the only one who may be able to change Daxter back is Gol Acheron, a dark eco sage who Samos had not spoken to for years. Additionally, this sage lived far to the north side of the continent, and Samos had no way of teleporting them there as the other three sages had not kept their open for quite some time. It is then decided that Jak and Daxter must go through a training course at in order to prepare themselves for traveling north on foot and collect power cells for Keira's A-Grav Zoomer, which they were to use to pass over 's lava. After Jak and Daxter's training at Geyser Rock, they were permitted by Samos to explore Sandover Village and beyond in order to obtain twenty power cells for the zoomer's which would protect it from the extreme heat in Fire Canyon. After completing the task, Jak and Daxter traveled over the lava in order to arrive at.While at Rock Village, Jak and Daxter activated the 's teleport gate.

When Samos and Keira traveled through, Samos began to suspect something was wrong after seeing the Blue Sage's hut a mess, and Rock Village under siege by giant flaming boulders falling from the sky. Soon afterwards it is revealed that a giant lurker named was stationed at the entrance to who had been wreaking flaming boulders down on the village. Klaww had thrown a boulder in front of the entrance to the place where he was standing, disallowing any passage between Rock Village and Mountain Pass. In order to continue north, Jak and Daxter needed to collect twenty-five more power cells, totaling forty-five, in order to power the Blue Sage's which would be used to lift the boulder out of the way. Upon completion, Jak and Daxter confronted Klaww and destroyed him, and used the zoomer to travel through Mountain Pass, arriving at Volcanic Crater towards the end.Volcanic CraterAfter arriving at Volcanic Crater, Jak again activates a teleport gate, this time at the 's hut. When Samos and Keira traveled through, Gol and Maia reveal themselves, and divulge their plans.

They told the group of how they had kidnapped all the sages, the Red Sage of whom gave in with 'so little effort,' and planned to use their mastery of dark eco to power an ancient Precursor robot they were building at their citadel. They then planned to use the robot to crack open the silos and release the dark eco inside of them.

After their disclosing of information, they teleport away from Jak, Daxter, Samos, and Keira, who then planned to ensue Gol and Maia and stop them from continuing on with their corrupted plan. Keira decides that the best course of action to reach their citadel would be through an underground, although the zoomer could not withstand the lava's heat with the current heat shield strength, and revealed that they would need to collect even more power cells to travel through. This time Jak and Daxter would need to amass seventy-two power cells in total.Upon arrival to the entrance of (which was evidently the neighboring location to the 's hut) Jak and Daxter teleport Keira to them, although Samos did not accompany Keira.

She reveals that he, too was kidnapped by Gol and Maia. Jak and Daxter then enter the citadel to locate and free all the captive sages. After this, Jak and Daxter ride up an elevator platform and battle Gol and Maia in. After significantly damaging the robot, Jak channeled a cloud of which appeared after four towers emitted colored eco beams. He threw a light eco projectile at the robot, destroying it, where it then sank into the dark eco silo below, taking Gol and Maia down with it.The large Precursor door.After the defeating of Gol and Maia, Jak and Daxter travel back to the four sages. Samos notes that the dark eco only ' probably destroyed them', and the Red Sage comments on Keira's potential to become a sage.

After collecting all 100 power cells and unlocking the 'secret ending', Samos, Jak, Daxter, and Keira turn toward a large which is opened using the cells. Behind it is a large, blinding light which is later revealed in the second game to be the. If the player had not collected 100 power cells, Daxter will complain about needing to go on more adventures, whereas if the case is otherwise he will comment on them being heroes and already having the cells.Development BackgroundA promotional render for the game.Development began under the codename 'Project Y', as the project was developed by two programmers while the rest of Naughty Dog were working on.

Naughty Dog had previously learned of the PlayStation 2 hardware during development of, and after a mutual decision with Sony who would purchase the company, wanted to create a new IP for the console. Furthermore, during the development of the, Naughty Dog had been developing games with under a contract, who kept the rights to Crash Bandicoot after the contract expired.

Naughty Dog continued to develop the project, and were purchased by Sony Computer Entertainment as a subsidiary, increasing their budget drastically.Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was developed with a budget of $14 million. ConceptsWe wanted to put you into this beautiful, fully-rendered fantasy world and yet allow full interactive exploration. We wanted no loading, elaborate storytelling, a camera you didn’t need to manually control, and both classic platform and vehicle gameplay. Andy Gavin,At the very beginning, prior to creating the characters, Naughty Dog planned to create a completely seamless, open world environment, with no break from the action and no segmentation.

Inspiration was drawn from, and, which were all games that had expansive, 3D world environments. Naughty Dog differed from these games with a more expansive narrative behind everything, while making the worlds less segmented, to flow together more seamlessly.Every team member at Naughty Dog drew their vision of the world they could create. The characters of The Precursor Legacy were designed to have an appeal to both Eastern and Western audiences, and as such, drew inspiration from a wide variety of sources. Artwork was inspired both by Japanese and, as well as cartoons. The characters were named after they were drawn, with Jak eventually given a South African name, suggested by developer Josh Scherr.

The characters went through many iterations, with Jak's first drawings showing a more animalistic humanoid appearance. Daxter's animations were inspired by from Disney cartoon, and the developers felt that the characters needed a reaction for everything on-screen to make the world more interactive.One concept was for a third main character, a pet-like character which would develop over time as the game progressed.

This idea never progressed far, and was cancelled early on. TechnologyThis ended up being so much harder than I thought, and is certainly the most sophisticated programming I’ve done in my career. Andy Gavin,When the game begun development, the PlayStation 2 was initially difficult to program for, due to no pre-existing libraries or examples. The game was created using, a programming language written by developer Andy Gavin.

Technologies developed pertained to seamless loading, multiple rendering engines, advanced runtime physics and many animation systems, as they were designed to be responsive to the environment. The developers spent around 20 months on engineering before it was able to produce the levels they wanted. Several processors moved back and forth in order to perform functions, while tools were highly customized by Naughty Dog, and tricks included using the 's backwards compatible processor for some tasks. Main article:The soundtrack for this game was produced.

The soundtrack features various primitive, yet upbeat characteristics. The playlist for this game may be compared to the ' soundtrack, which was also produced by Mutato Muzika.PortWe didn't think, when we were making the game, of the people that would come through and improve the game's code. Jason Rubin,When porting the game, Mass Media ran into many problems, due to several tricks that were both expected and unexpected behind the game's code. Mass Media attempted to rewrite as little of the code as possible, in order to retain the 'essence' of the game. Despite warning the studio that the project would be 'impossible', Naughty Dog later commended Mass Media for the project, with designer Evan Wells saying they 'did a fantastic job of piecing together that spaghetti'. Reception Critical reception AggregatorScore90/100 (based on 70 reviews)90/100 (based on 34 reviews)PublicationScore9.25/108.8/10GameSpy4.5/59.4/10Official PlayStation Magazine (US)10/10Reaction to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy has been largely positive, with both and rating the game 90 score out of 100.

Commented that the game 'is a true 3D platform/adventure masterpiece and one of the top games ever released in the genre, easily on par with some of the all time greats', awarding an overall 9.4/10. Called the attention to animation detail 'astonishing', saying 'we can only hope that other developers will try to attain similar levels of proficiency', giving a 4.5/5. Said that 'Next to, Jak and Daxter is the best 3D platformer available for the PlayStation 2', giving the game an 8.8/10. Most reviewers generally praised the soundtrack as on-par with the quality of the rest of the game, though GameSpot noted that this is despite the fact that it 'fails to be catchy'.The game has received criticism in some aspects. Many critics have noted that the game is unoriginal in aspects, with GameSpy claiming it 'is easy to see that TPL's gameplay is not revolutionary, which may cause many gamers to write it off as unoriginal dross.' Another complaint the boss battles, with IGN claiming that they were 'typically generic battles with simple patterns to learn and not much to do in the way of strategy'. Many reviewers also expressed disappointment in the lack of ability to control Daxter.

AccoladesThe game won the award for First Seamless 3D World in a Console Game for The Precursor Legacy. Daxter also won the award for Original Game Character of the Year at the Game at the Developers' Choice Awards in March 2002. Commercial performanceThe Precursor Legacy qualified for Greatest Hits status, showing it has sold more than 1 million copies in the US. Additionally, it won the Gold Award for 500,000 units sold in Japan. The game has sold 3.64 million copies globally, with 57.1% of sales in the US, 29.8% in Europe, 4.1% in Japan and 8.9% in the rest of the world. LegacyNaughty Dog said upon release that they would develop a sequel if the reception warranted it, and after the game went on to sell well, was developed. The Precursor Legacy has been the best performing game in the series commercially and critically, and game has scored highly in many publications' list of greatest games for the system and genre.

Listed The Precursor Legacy as the 20th best PlayStation 2 game of all time, while listed The Precursor Legacy as 27th best. Listed The Precursor Legacy as the 6th best 3D platformer released. Production credits Staff Director.